Class Notes
On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy established the Peace Corps. Within five years more than 15,000 people, including many of our classmates, were serving around the world.
In June a remarkable ceremony took place on the western coast of France—one that has given me a great feeling of comfort about today’s young folks.
Fifty years ago, during our first summer away from Hanover, the realization that we had become part of an extraordinary organism—the Dartmouth family—began to set in.
The last summer before we began our trek to become men of Dartmouth passed quickly for most of us. Bobby Lewis’ “Tossin’ and Turnin’ ” was No. 1 on the charts from early July until nearly the end of August. It accurately described our world.
As we returned to Hanover for the winter term with attention still focused on the residual effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Daily D reported that the first large engagement involving U.S.
Fifty years ago we returned to Hanover in January 1962 more confident than we had been in September. You may recall that we were confronted with some interesting moral issues.
Fifty years ago, as high school seniors, we heard President Eisenhower on January 3, 1961, announce that the United States had severed diplomatic relations with Fidel Castro’s Cuba.